Woodmancote (Dursley), Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Woodmancote, a hamlet and a chapelry in Dursley parish, Gloucestershire, forming part of the town of Dursley. The living is annexed to Dursley. The chapel was built by the Vizard family in 1845, and is in the Early English style. There are an endowed school and six almshouses.
Church Records
The register of the mother church of St. James, Dursley, dates from the year 1566, and contains some entries relating to members of the Shakespeare family.
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
St. Mark
The church of St. Mark, Woodmancote, erected in 1844 as a chapel of ease to the parish church of St. James, Dursley, is a plain cruciform building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, transepts, north aisle, north porch, and a turret containing one bell: there is a memorial window to Mr. W. Cornock, of the Manor House, for 21 years chapel-warden: it has an endowment of about £60 yearly, derived from a house and land left by the late Henry Vizard esq. of Dursley. The parish churchyard, consisting of 1½ acres, is adjacent to this chapel, the graveyard around the parish church having been closed for interments.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the county of Gloucester, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.